China vs. America: Which Country is More Developed?

[drankin]

I am sorry to state ,please I beg sorry if it hurts
The reality is also that America's development is open at the media level
And the china most work inside without showing outside much to the world

I've been to China. Ningbo and Shanghai. The US is more developed.

 

[Office_Shredder]

Lots of waste can not be justified period. That's what I meant. High cost of living or not. GDP ratios. Who cares. Should be on a per person basis.

The waste we produce here is ridiculous and everyone here is trying to find some reason to justify it and point at people from other countries who produce less waste per person. Seriously, get real.

There is no reason why a person here should be able to waste more than a Chinese or European or anyone. None at all. It's one planet.

If you make more money you can afford to waste more. Also, you have more stuff, so it's more difficult to waste the same absolute quantity

 

[JasonRox]

If you make more money you can afford to waste more. Also, you have more stuff, so it's more difficult to waste the same absolute quantity

So, more money gives you the right to waste more. Hmmm...

 

[humanino]

So, more money gives you the right to waste more. Hmmm...

No, it certainly does not give you the right, and that's not what's written in the quote you reply to.

 

[rootX]

So, more money gives you the right to waste more. Hmmm...

Yes.

- If there is someone managing the waste
- We have resources for managing the waste
- People are charged for what they wasteIf I buy something I have the right not to consume it.

 

[infomax]

We are not discussing how they choose to run THEIR country. We are talking about waste.

Totalitarian dictatorship or not says nothing about whether or not they would enforce clean air.

Actually we were comparing development......

 

[russ_watters]

And that implies they won't? Explain please.

Communist countries operate on a perverted form of the Utilitarian principle where the individual exists to service the state. Their governments don't care about the welfare of their citizens, much less the environment. That's the reason the former USSR is an environmental disaster and China is almost certainly no different.

 

[russ_watters]

You guys just said it's hard to get data from China... why are you choosing to believe this fact? It's from the UK not China.

The Chinese government likes to brag about their accomplishments, and the rate with which they are building power plants is something they consider an accomplishment. Their environmental nightmare, on the other hand, is something to suppress.

...I know I said it before, but you are aware that China is communist, right?

Totalitarian dictatorship or not says nothing about whether or not they would enforce clean air.

Yeah, it really does. Do you remember the controversy over air pollution during the olympics? That's what they do!

 

[infomax]

Communist is that system where people are force to be machines lacking life, entertainment ,mostly boring and opposing reanimation in individual life